Definition of grande horizontale in English:

grande horizontale

nounPlural grandes horizontalesˌɡrɒ̃d ˌɒrizɒ̃ˈtɑːlˌɡränd ˌôrizänˈtäl

humorous

A prostitute.
〈幽默〉妓女
Example sentencesExamples
- Needless to say, heterosexual women get scant public appreciation for their erotic talents: the most gifted Venus or grande horizontale receives ambiguous praise at best.
- The ambivalence and uncertainty of her role is captured in the two titles by which she was most commonly known in 19 th-century France: the grande horizontale and the demi-mondaine.
- A great beauty and something of a grande horizontale, she was as famous for her raunchy delivery on stage as for the succession of lovers she took off it; the men in her life included the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII.
- This was a huge trade in the 19th century, though seldom as glamorously practised as by the grandes horizontales of 19 th-century Paris or 16 th- or 17 th-century Rome and Venice.
- Heads full of curls on grandes dames or grandes horizontales required daily professional upkeep in their homes, not in salons.
- With such ageing courtesans as Lady Melbourne and Lady Oxford - the ‘grande horizontale’ of Whig politics - holding sway, the moral license of Regency London has a cosy and almost institutionalised feel about it.
- There was a time when baths of asses’ milk and potions of dissolved pearls were only for the grandest of the grandes horizontales.
- Finding no alternative but an uneasy life as a celebrated grande horizontale, she vows never to conceal from her young daughter Alice the true facts of life, lest she make similar mistakes out of ignorant rebellion.
- The role of grande horizontale was one you played well, and I loved you in it as I loved you in all your parts, but there was little for me to do.

Origin

Late 19th century: French, literally 'great horizontal'.

Definition of grande horizontale in US English:

grande horizontale

nounˌɡränd ˌôrizänˈtäl

humorous

A prostitute.
〈幽默〉妓女
Example sentencesExamples
- A great beauty and something of a grande horizontale, she was as famous for her raunchy delivery on stage as for the succession of lovers she took off it; the men in her life included the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII.
- With such ageing courtesans as Lady Melbourne and Lady Oxford - the ‘grande horizontale’ of Whig politics - holding sway, the moral license of Regency London has a cosy and almost institutionalised feel about it.
- The role of grande horizontale was one you played well, and I loved you in it as I loved you in all your parts, but there was little for me to do.
- Needless to say, heterosexual women get scant public appreciation for their erotic talents: the most gifted Venus or grande horizontale receives ambiguous praise at best.
- This was a huge trade in the 19th century, though seldom as glamorously practised as by the grandes horizontales of 19 th-century Paris or 16 th- or 17 th-century Rome and Venice.
- Finding no alternative but an uneasy life as a celebrated grande horizontale, she vows never to conceal from her young daughter Alice the true facts of life, lest she make similar mistakes out of ignorant rebellion.
- Heads full of curls on grandes dames or grandes horizontales required daily professional upkeep in their homes, not in salons.
- The ambivalence and uncertainty of her role is captured in the two titles by which she was most commonly known in 19 th-century France: the grande horizontale and the demi-mondaine.
- There was a time when baths of asses’ milk and potions of dissolved pearls were only for the grandest of the grandes horizontales.

Origin

Late 19th century: French, literally ‘great horizontal’.

单词	grande horizontale
释义	Definition of grande horizontale in English: grande horizontale nounPlural grandes horizontalesˌɡrɒ̃d ˌɒrizɒ̃ˈtɑːlˌɡränd ˌôrizänˈtäl humorous A prostitute. 〈幽默〉妓女 Example sentencesExamples Needless to say, heterosexual women get scant public appreciation for their erotic talents: the most gifted Venus or grande horizontale receives ambiguous praise at best. The ambivalence and uncertainty of her role is captured in the two titles by which she was most commonly known in 19 th-century France: the grande horizontale and the demi-mondaine. A great beauty and something of a grande horizontale, she was as famous for her raunchy delivery on stage as for the succession of lovers she took off it; the men in her life included the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. This was a huge trade in the 19th century, though seldom as glamorously practised as by the grandes horizontales of 19 th-century Paris or 16 th- or 17 th-century Rome and Venice. Heads full of curls on grandes dames or grandes horizontales required daily professional upkeep in their homes, not in salons. With such ageing courtesans as Lady Melbourne and Lady Oxford - the ‘grande horizontale’ of Whig politics - holding sway, the moral license of Regency London has a cosy and almost institutionalised feel about it. There was a time when baths of asses’ milk and potions of dissolved pearls were only for the grandest of the grandes horizontales. Finding no alternative but an uneasy life as a celebrated grande horizontale, she vows never to conceal from her young daughter Alice the true facts of life, lest she make similar mistakes out of ignorant rebellion. The role of grande horizontale was one you played well, and I loved you in it as I loved you in all your parts, but there was little for me to do. Origin Late 19th century: French, literally 'great horizontal'. Definition of grande horizontale in US English: grande horizontale nounˌɡränd ˌôrizänˈtäl humorous A prostitute. 〈幽默〉妓女 Example sentencesExamples A great beauty and something of a grande horizontale, she was as famous for her raunchy delivery on stage as for the succession of lovers she took off it; the men in her life included the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII. With such ageing courtesans as Lady Melbourne and Lady Oxford - the ‘grande horizontale’ of Whig politics - holding sway, the moral license of Regency London has a cosy and almost institutionalised feel about it. The role of grande horizontale was one you played well, and I loved you in it as I loved you in all your parts, but there was little for me to do. Needless to say, heterosexual women get scant public appreciation for their erotic talents: the most gifted Venus or grande horizontale receives ambiguous praise at best. This was a huge trade in the 19th century, though seldom as glamorously practised as by the grandes horizontales of 19 th-century Paris or 16 th- or 17 th-century Rome and Venice. Finding no alternative but an uneasy life as a celebrated grande horizontale, she vows never to conceal from her young daughter Alice the true facts of life, lest she make similar mistakes out of ignorant rebellion. Heads full of curls on grandes dames or grandes horizontales required daily professional upkeep in their homes, not in salons. The ambivalence and uncertainty of her role is captured in the two titles by which she was most commonly known in 19 th-century France: the grande horizontale and the demi-mondaine. There was a time when baths of asses’ milk and potions of dissolved pearls were only for the grandest of the grandes horizontales. Origin Late 19th century: French, literally ‘great horizontal’.
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